Bugs in pine straw.
That is what ours told us too. I since learned that they would replace it or spruce it up or add to it...anyway redo the pine straw for $85. I had bought ten bales for $50 and spread it myself before I found that out. I HATE bugs and didn't run into a single one while I was messing in it and digging out a new bed. I love hands on gardening. I like to get dirty and bend and moan and move myself around. I kid myself into thinking it is exercise.
I asked the nursery lady about the bugs because the pine straw was riding behind me in the van (shiver) and she said no bugs but sometimes the geckos hitch a ride. I had our daughter Helene watch the back while I hurriedly returned home. No geckos, so far.
HOWEVER. Our neighbor Honey, (Coconuts husband) said that they had a fire in their pine straw and couldn't determine the origin. I am not liking to hear that. Hardly hot enough for spontaneous combustion and they don't smoke.
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